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Down With The Sgid! Long Live The Qcd!, Barbara J. Millis, Jose Vazquez
Down With The Sgid! Long Live The Qcd!, Barbara J. Millis, Jose Vazquez
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
No one knows better than faculty developers the difficulty of change. Numerous clichés such as “Old habits die hard” or “The more things change, the more they stay the same” express the proverbial wisdom regarding such entrenched rituals. Many faculty developers routinely use an assessment tool called Small Group Instructional Diagnosis (SGID) developed by Joseph Clark (Clark & Redmond, 1982) during his tenure as FIPSE (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education) project director at the University of Washington, Seattle. The authors challenge our colleagues to re-think these old habits and consider replacing—or at least supplementing—the SGID with a far …
Talking With Faculty About Cognitive Science And Learning, John Girash
Talking With Faculty About Cognitive Science And Learning, John Girash
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
When it comes to teaching, faculty at a research-intensive institution can be very much like our students in relation to their studies: very smart people whose primary interests lie elsewhere or, at least, whose expertise is not in this area. And we hear over and over again the common wisdom that faculty want research-based ideas on teaching. This implies that we can treat the teaching of teachers about research-supported aspects of learning in ways analogous to teaching students about other academic topics.
In introducing research-based ideas into the pedagogical discussion, it can be tough to find a balance between concepts …
Selecting The Right Technology Tool: Wikis, Discussion Boards, Journals, And Blogs, Tami J. Eggleston
Selecting The Right Technology Tool: Wikis, Discussion Boards, Journals, And Blogs, Tami J. Eggleston
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Maslow understood the value of knowing when to use the right tool. It is easy in teaching to over-rely on a familiar tool or a teaching technique that we are comfortable with using. In recent years the teacher’s tool box has grown and there are many new technology tools available in course management and learning systems (e.g., Blackboard, Moodle, etc.) and with free websites (e.g., Blogger, Wetpaint, etc.). While many faculty get in a teaching rut and use only lecture, or only small groups, or only discussion boards, it can also be daunting to decide which, of the many new …